Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-06
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A Trained Nurse writing in Good
Housekeeping, says:
Some persons find great difficulty in
swallowing pills. II piece OF
bread be cut into dice and the pill
pressed into the middle Of one of them,
placed far back in the mouth and fol-
lowed by dranght Of water, the diff
Guilty viii be overcome. Powders are
very trying form Of medicine TO dis
pose Of. II small, almost tasteless
one, like gray powder, it can be given
in q spoonful Of Clipped ice; when
larger, It can be stirred into honey until
it forms a paste, or laid on q carefully
prepared bed Of jelly or jam in the
bottom Of a spoon, covered as carefully
with the sweetmeat, and then washed
down with few mouthsful Of water.
When rice paper can be obtained, the
powder may be folded in ii, making a
boIus, which can then be swallowed
like pill.
In taking nauseous liquids tits good
plan 70 drink q small quantity of iced
water before the medicine; this chills
the organs Of taste and renders them
less susceptible to the disagreeable fla
vor. There are many different modes
Of giving castor oil, and the advocates
OF each claim that theirs Is the best.
1t is recommended to float it on hot,
strong coffee and let it come to boil ;
20 put 1t in six tablespoonsful of cold
milk; TO stir it into the same quantity
of cold milk, flavor il with few drops
Of essence OF peppermint, and give il
through a glass tube. A very good
way IS 10 pour q tablespoonful Of ice
water into a glass, drop the dose Of oil
carefully upon it, and add a little ice
water ON top. The oil forms a sort OF
ball in the water, and slips down with
out leaving any unpleasant taste be-
hind 1t. A little lemon juice can be
| taken after it.
Codliver oil Is put up in different
forms by the druggist. When il is
ordered pure il can be made into an
emulsion at home with the yolk OF a
raw egg They must be beaten to-
| gether by degrees, adding a little first
OF one and then OF the other, as in
making mayonnaise, and can be fla
vored with few drops Of essence OF
bitter almond. Nothing so effectually
removes the after-taste as baked or
stewed apples. Invalids have been
known TO grow fond Of eodliver oil
learning 20 like the taste OF it, but 70
the vast majority Il must remain a very
disagreeahle remedy.
A graduated glass 10 measure fluids
can be purchased for IS cents, and one
should always be used, as exactness is
Of great importance. The size Of spoons
differs so greatly that the teaspoon in
use in one household will hold as much
as the dessert spoon in another, and il
Is not safe 10 trust toasuch varying
quantity in measurement. When med
icine is TO be given in drops, a dropper
viii be useful 20 secure uniformity in
the doses. II is sometimes difficult to
get the drops TO fall regularly over the
edge of the bottle; too much Of the
contents comes out at once, and has to
be wasted II it is being dropped into
water. This can be avoided by first
moistening the edge or by holding the
cork so that the drops win run over IL.
When q person is very Ill, the covered
spoon sold for the purpose is very con-
venient for giving medicine; il can be
put in the mouth without raising the
head from the pillow. A few drops of
ammonia viii eifectually cleanse glass
that has contained oil, and alcohol is
equally good for the purpose II il Is at
hand. The utensils used in giving med
icine should be carefully washed and
dried after each dose.